Tag: bad weather
Mayotte: one month after the disaster, a look back at the solidarity momentum of online prize pools
A month ago, the day after the Cyclone Chido disaster, calls for donations were launched to help the Mahorais. Collections of equipment and food were organized by numerous associations. Nearly…
Mayotte: a return to school full of uncertainties
This Monday, January 20, staff and teachers return to their establishment, more than a month after Cyclone Chido and Storm Dikeledi. Schools have been hit hard, with 39 unable to…
selective evacuations to Reunion Island
In Mayotte, evacuation operations continue for priority people to Reunion. Hundreds of people leave the archipelago every day on planes, in complicated and highly supervised evacuations. The gendarmerie is on…
first voluntary evacuations to the Comorian island of Anjouan
In Mayotte, more than ten days after the passage of Cyclone Chido, the first voluntary departures to the island of Anjouan began this Wednesday, December 25. Nearly 450 people left…
opening of a field hospital to accommodate “around a hundred patients per day”
Ten days after the passage of Cyclone Chido, the Mayotte archipelago continues to heal its wounds. The latest provisional report from the Ministry of the Interior shows 35 dead and…
accommodation centers, precarious refuges for the affected population
Ten days after the passage of Cyclone Chido, multiple emergencies had to be managed. While the slums have been completely destroyed, residents are being accommodated in emergency accommodation centers. In…
France pays tribute to victims in the midst of controversy over aid
A week after the deadly passage of Cyclone Chido, emergency services are still hard at work in Mayotte to find the missing and restore water, electricity and communications. This Monday,…
state of “exceptional natural calamity”, Emmanuel Macron visiting
It is ” the most serious natural disaster in the history of France for several centuries », declared Prime Minister François Bayrou, after the passage of Cyclone Chido which ravaged…
in Mayotte, the impossible human toll
According to a new provisional report announced this Wednesday, December 18 by the French Ministry of the Interior, the passage of Cyclone Chido in Mayotte killed at least 31 people…
After devastating Mayotte, Cyclone Chido also causes heavy losses in Mozambique
In Mozambique, Cyclone Chido left at least 45 dead and more than 500 injured, according to the latest reports. The relief brigades sent by the government are going to the…